
I’ve been really into the new game from the creators of Life is Strange, called Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. It’s an adventure game told in episodes, and it’s a cool mix of a coming-of-age story and a thriller. What’s neat is it jumps between 1995 and 2022. The first part, which they call a ‘tape,’ came out in February 2025 and most critics really liked it – it scored around 75 on OpenCritic. The second tape dropped a couple months later, and while still good (around a 71 on OpenCritic), the reception was a little more mixed. Everyone seems to agree the writing is fantastic, the characters are memorable, and the game has a really captivating vibe. The biggest criticism I’ve seen is that your choices don’t really feel like they change much, and a lot of people found the 1995 storyline way more interesting than what’s happening in the present day.